The trailer for Disney/Pixar's 'Up' rolls during a test of a projector at the soon-to-open Chalmette Movies.

5. The Mel Gibson tapes. They just keep on coming. Mel, Mel, Mel, Mel, Mel. You are your own career's lethal weapon.

4. Comic-Con. Spider senses tingling lately? That's because the annual fanboy confab -- which is like Christmas morning, Mr. Spock's birthday and 4/20 all wrapped into one -- kicks off this weekend in San Diego. Prepare for a rush of casting announcements and other movie news over the next few days as studios try to give the geeky masses something to tweet about.

3. "Inception." Its $60-million-plus take at the box office is a dream-come-true for studio suits, but I'll be interested to see how much Christopher Nolan's ambitious, and fantastic, sci-fi thriller makes in its second week of release, as word of mouth spreads and as mindbent moviegoers go back to see it a second time.

2. "Winter's Bone." Chances are, you haven't heard of this riveting indie gem. You've officially heard of it now, though -- and you should definitely catch it. It opens today at Canal Place, and it's easily one of the best movies to hit theaters this summer.

1.Chalmette Movies set to open. Almost exactly five years after Hurricane Katrina washed away the only multiplex in "Da Parish," its owners plan to get on with the show in just more than a week, on July 30. Yeah, you right. Welcome home.